many changes are taking place in " food styles" in the United States.The United States is traditionalyy famous for its very solid and unchanging diet,which is chiefly made up of mmeat and potatoes.Now we have many different alternative to choose from:various ethnic food,health food,and fast food,in addition to the traditional home-cooked meal.
Ethnic restaurants and supermatkets are common in the United States.Because the U.S is a country of immigrant,there is an immense variety of ethnic food.Most American cities and towns are fiiled with restaurants serving international cooking.Many even have ethnic sections:Chinatown,Little Italy,or Germantown.With this vast ethnic choice,we can enjoy food from all over the world.Besides sections of cities,there ethnic regions,which are well known for certain food because of the people who settled there.For example.in southern California,there many Mexican restaurants.
Health food gained popularty when people began to think more seriously about their phsical well-being.The very term health food is ironic beacuse it impies that there is also "unhealthy" food.Healh food is fresh,natural.unprocessed,which does not contain preservatives to make it last longer or chemicals to make it taste or look better.Pople who are keen on health food are uauslly vegetaries,who prefer to get their essential proteins from sources other than meat,such as beans,chees,and eggs.
Fast food restaurants are now expanding rapidly all over the country.In the United States,speed is a very important factor.People uauslly have a short lunch break or they just do not want to waste their time eating.fast food restaurants are places that take care of hundreds of people in a short time.There is uauslly very little waiting,and the food is always cheap.Some examples are burger and Pizza places.
America"s attitude toward food is changing,too.Though the tradional big breakfast is losing popularty,people are rediscovering the social importance of food.Dinner with family or friends is again becoming a very special way of enjoying and sharing.Like so many Americans are taking time to relax and enjoy the finer taste at dinner,evevn if they still rush through lunch at a hamburger stand.終于打完啦!